I just got a broken xt cheap, it looks like it has a blown diode and two fried resistors. ( was this a common problem? was there no polarity protection? )

I need to try and find the schematics for the io board for the XT. I already emailed Waldorf but apparently during the bankruptcy they lost all the parts and manuals. I have also emailed hardware developer Frank Schneide but have not herd back....

Its probably a long shot but dose anyone have a service manual or schematics?

I don't have the manuals, but you could try VintageSynth forum, which has links to several manuals (the links are in one of the sticky threads). Also try the Waldorf forum, and ask if someone could help you out by checking inside their XT for part specifications. I'd do this myself, if I had an XT._________________Good good study, day day up!

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know that VintageSynth had a forum. I found a guy there that has a lot of service manuals and schematics, its going to cost me $5 bucks for a download but he is the only one that I have seen that has the info that I need.

I lived in San Francisco for 10 years and SF is hard to beat as far a Music scene. But so many people are doing it that I think people just take it for granted.

EM never really came into its own out here. I am into indie-electronic/IDM which is known amongst the students who traveled overseas and ex-pats that live here but there is no homegrown scene to speak of.

EM music here in Taiwan manly focuses on the club scene with house and trance being pretty ubiquitous. There is also, electro, Drum and Bass, minimal techno ect... but again its students who traveled overseas and ex-pats that make up the scene. I am not dissin' students or ex-pats but I am just saying that the Taiwanese have not embraced EM music like you see in the west.

The kids out here are manly into hip-hop which I think is cool. I see them starting to tap into the local culture as opposed to copying the west.

I am excited to be out here and soon to be an owner of a xt. I might be one of the only ones out here with a XT.

That's an interesting take on the scene in Taiwan. I've spent some time in China, and I think the situation is fairly similar. I saw some Chinese club DJs, but didn't think all that much of what they were doing. There are some clubs more oriented to the European scene, which I really appreciated. They are a lot more interesting to me than anything in my home town of Perth, Australia.

The hip hop scene seems to have more appeal to urban kids in China. The American media is influential. I think it ties in with the basketball phenomenon as well. I was pretty disappointed to see kids wagging school, getting into skating and graffiti though. I don't think that's such a positive influence there. Chinese culture has traditionally treated education as a valuable opportunity, which I have a lot of respect for.

I think it's great when people take to hip hop, but relate it to their own scene, as you mentioned is happening in Taiwan. Cool. Good things can come of that.

I tried going shopping for gear in China a few times, but didn't see much of interest there. I don't really know where to look though. There is DJ gear. I was rather amused to see SL 1210's with GOLD TRIM!! Hehehe. That's so Chinese/Hong Kong. I thought it was brilliant. It was done well too. Looked pretty good. That was some years back now.

Cheers man,

Oli

edit - I think Japan probably has the most mature electronic music scene in Asia, and plenty of gear to be had too. If you get the chance, maybe check out Tokyo, and the upstairs markets in Akihabara. I haven't made it there yet, myself, but am dead keen to go._________________Good good study, day day up!

It may have been a common problem jwilsey, the psu i was using with my xt just died and i accidentally tried one with the wrong polarity, diodes appear to be ok but the resistors on the small board either side of where the power socket is are fried

I don;t suppose you/anyone managed to find the schematics or service manual? Or even just could tell me what value of resistors i need?

It may have been a common problem jwilsey, the psu i was using with my xt just died and i accidentally tried one with the wrong polarity, diodes appear to be ok but the resistors on the small board either side of where the power socket is are fried

I don;t suppose you/anyone managed to find the schematics or service manual? Or even just could tell me what value of resistors i need?

Try the Waldorf forum on Yahoo.
There are many very knowledgeable people there, and Waldorf monitors the forum since they are reacting to issues with Blofeld & Largo.
There is a company in Santa Barbara, CA Usa that services Waldorf gear, but I would hope you can find something closer._________________Free Tibet. Release the Panchen Lama from prison. Let the Dalai Lama return to his home.

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